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NASADiscovery Comes Home (9/22/2009)

The Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, with space shuttle Discovery on top, is towed from the Shuttle Landing Facility's runway 33 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after touching down on Sept. 21 at 12:05 p.m. EDT. The two-day return flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California began at 9:20 a.m. EDT Sept. 20. After three fueling stops that included an overnight stay in Louisiana, the piggybacked shuttle had to navigate through a line of showers across Louisiana and around Kennedy. Discovery had landed at Edwards Sept. 11 after the 13-day STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. Landings at Kennedy were waved off on two days due to inclement weather, leading to the landing at Edwards. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Sept. 21, 2009


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Creator: NASA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/multimedia/images/09-09-21.html
Date: 9/22/2009
Year: 2009
Rights: Public Domain
What: Space Shuttle Orbiter
What: Discovery
What: STS-128
What: International Space Station (ISS)
Where: Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Where: Florida
Where: Edwards Air Force Base
Where: California
Where: Louisiana
Identifier: 388225main_128piggyflight-lg_full
Addeddate: 2009-12-02 00:04:46
Publicdate: 2009-12-02 00:05:58
Keywords: What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter; What -- Discovery; What -- STS-128; What -- International Space Station (ISS); Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC); Where -- Florida; Where -- Edwards Air Force Base; Where -- California; Where -- Louisiana

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